Improvement in cultivators



w. J. FORSHEE.

Cultivator.

No. 18,330. Patented Oct. 6, 1857.

N.FETERS, PHOTOiITHOG RAFNER, WASHINGTON. D (Iv UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE.

WILLIAM J. FORSHEE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18.330, dated October 6, 1 57.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. J. FoEsHEE, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,makin g a part of this specification, in which-#- Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing its general arrangement; Fig. 2, a sectional view of a cultivator-tooth with its attachment; Fig. 3, a section showing the bar to which the teeth or plows are attached.

A is the beam, to which is attached the bar B, to which is firmly attached the wheel 0.

D and E are clamps designed to hold the wheel 0 in any required position. The teeth F F F and F are attached to shanks, to which are attached the levers G G G and G.

I is a bolt upon which the bar B works or turns.

J is a bolt upon which the bar H turns.

K is a stationary tooth attached to the rear end of the beam A.

L is a cutter attached to the beam in front of the wheel 0.

The teeth F F F and F are adjustable to any required angle, still pointing straight forward and widening or narrowing the strip to be cut by the teeth. This is effected by turning the wheel 0 and bar B, in which the shanks upon which the plows F F F and F are attached work, the levers G G G and G being attached to the barH at an equal distance from its center, with the attachments of the shanks(upon which are the teeth F F F and F) to the bar B from its center, the levers G G G and Gbeing of equal length. Thus the bars B and H are kept parallel, and the levers G G G and G are The combination and arrangement of the bar I B, the wheel 0, the bar H, and levers G G G- and G, when constructed and operated substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM J. FORSHEE. Witnesses:

S. A. GALLY, A. A. LANDRE.

When worn too much. 

